Legal Opinion
Western Massachusetts Electric Company v. National Labor Relations Board, the Connecticut Light & Power Company v. National Labor Relations Board
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided March 23, 1978No. 77-1328 and 77-1420PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Circuit Judge.
These cross-petitions for review and enforcement of two orders of the National Labor Relations Board present the same legal issue in different factual contexts: whether an employer is guilty of an unfair labor practice when in the course of negotiating a new collective bargaining agreement it refuses to divulge to the union its prior costs in subcontracting out work that members of the bargaining unit are capable of performing. 1
Local 455 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers filed charges against Western Massachusetts Electric Co. (“WMECO”)…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Fibreboard Paper Products Corp. v. National Labor Relations BoardSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- National Labor Relations Board v. Acme Industrial Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1967
- National Labor Relations Board v. Truitt Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1956
- National Labor Relations Board v. General Electric Company, and International Union of Electrical, Radio, and MacHine Workers, Afl-Cio, IntervenorCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1969
- Curtiss-Wright Corporation, Wright Aeronautical Division v. National Labor Relations BoardCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1965
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Soule Glass and Glazing Co. v. National Labor Relations BoardCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1981
- General Electric Company v. National Labor Relations Board, Local 571, Sheet Metal Workers International Association, IntervenorCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1990
- Sara Lee Bakery Group, Inc. v. National Labor Relations BoardCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2008
- National Labor Relations Board v. New England Newspapers, Inc., D/B/A Transcript NewspapersCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1988
- Equitable Gas Company v. National Labor Relations BoardCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1981
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